Many gay-rights advocates in the state, led by Marriage Equality Rhode Island, are opposing the civil-unions bill because it doesn't go far enough. A majority of Rhode Islanders support full marriage ...

Vermont became the first state to grant marriage-equivalent rights to same-sex couples through civil unions in 2000. The Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Baker v. Vermont, which prompted the ...

The City Council in the Southern Arizona community of Bisbee will rewrite a recently enacted civil-union ordinance after being threatened with a lawsuit by the state Attorney General's office, which ...